High School Economics Tutor

Varsity Tutors; United States; Remote; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Varsity Tutors is seeking online High School Economics tutors to join our Live Learning Platform as independent contractors. Set your own schedule, earn competitive rates, and work from home while helping students understand economics concepts and AP prep.

Earn up to $40/hour with incremental pay per session, and get paid up to twice per week. Remote tutoring, with AI-assisted tools to support teaching, and a flexible workload that you can control.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of fundamental economics concepts including AP Economics topics.
• Skilled at teaching graphing, GDP, policy effects, and economic analysis.
• Familiar with high school curricula and adaptive instruction techniques.
• Able to tailor explanations to different learning styles and needs.
• Strong communication and engaging teaching style.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1-on-1 online tutoring tailored to high school economics.
• Accept on-demand tutoring requests and respond promptly.
• Explain concepts using multiple approaches and adapt to student needs.

Skills

Advanced subject mastery

Conceptual teaching & problem-solving

Curriculum awareness & adaptive instr.

Effective teaching methods

Strong communication skills

Adapt to learning styles

Job description

About The Job

The Varsity Tutors Live Learning Platform has thousands of students looking for online High School Economics tutors nationally. As an independent contractor on the Varsity Tutors Platform, you'll have the flexibility to set your own schedule, earn competitive rates, and make a real impact on students' academic success and understanding. All from the comfort of your home.

About The Job

The Varsity Tutors Live Learning Platform has thousands of students looking for online High School Economics tutors nationally. As an independent contractor on the Varsity Tutors Platform, you'll have the flexibility to set your own schedule, earn competitive rates, and make a real impact on students' academic success and understanding. All from the comfort of your home.

Why Join Our Platform?

• Earn incrementally higher pay for each session with the same student, reaching up to $40/hour.
• Get paid up to twice per week, ensuring fast and reliable compensation for the tutoring sessions you conduct and invoice.
• Set your own hours and tutor as much as you'd like.
• Tutor remotely using our purpose-built Live Learning Platform. No commuting required.
• Get matched with students best-suited to your teaching style and expertise.
• Our AI-powered Tutor Copilot enhances your sessions with real-time instructional support, lesson generation, and engagement features, helping you save prep time and focus on impactful teaching.
• We handle the logistics—you just invoice for your tutoring sessions, and we take care of payments.

What We Look For In a High School Economics Tutor

• Advanced Subject Mastery: Deep knowledge of fundamental economic concepts including scarcity, supply and demand, market structures, macroeconomic indicators, fiscal and monetary policy, international trade, personal finance, and economic systems. Ability to explain opportunity cost, market equilibrium, GDP, inflation, and comparative advantage while preparing students for AP Economics courses, state assessments, and economic literacy.
• Conceptual Teaching & Problem-Solving: Skilled at teaching supply and demand analysis, economic graph construction, and policy evaluation at the high school level. Guides students through plotting supply and demand curves, calculating GDP, analyzing monetary policy effects, evaluating trade agreements, and making personal financial decisions. Emphasizes graphical analysis and critical thinking about economic issues, connecting economics to personal finance and current policy debates.
• Curriculum Awareness & Adaptive Instruction: Familiar with high school economics curricula and common challenges such as understanding abstract economic models, reading supply and demand graphs, and connecting macroeconomic concepts to personal experience. Adapts instruction using real-world examples, simulation activities, and graph-drawing practice to support students from introductory economics through honors and pre-AP levels building economic reasoning skills.
• Effective Teaching Methods: Ability to identify concepts students commonly struggle with, explain material using multiple approaches, and adapt instruction to meet individual learning needs and styles.
• Strong communication skills and a friendly, engaging teaching style.
• Ability to adapt to different learning styles and student needs.

Ways To Connect With Students

• 1-on-1 Online Tutoring - Provide personalized instruction to individual students.
• Instant Tutoring - Accept on-demand tutoring requests whenever you're available.

About Varsity Tutors And 1-on-1 Online Tutoring

Our mission is to transform the way people learn by leveraging advanced technology, AI, and the latest in learning science to create personalized learning experiences. Through 1-on-1 Online Tutoring, students receive customized instruction that helps them achieve their learning goals. Our platform is designed to match students with the right tutors, fostering better outcomes and a passion for learning.

Please note: Varsity Tutors does not contract in: Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia or Puerto Rico.